A 25-year-old woman, suffering from depression, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the twelfth floor of West End Mall in Janakpuri on Wednesday. The woman landed on a man, injuring him grievously.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim was suffering from jaundice for the last four months during which she lost a lot of weight. She was under depression due to her failed health. She was on anti-depressant treatment. The victim's parents tried to divert her mind and send her off to her elder sister's house in Ghaziabad but it did not help.
Twelve days ago, she started working with a private company but she seemed unhappy and three days ago, she did not celebrate her birthday also. No suicide note was recovered from her possession.
Police said that the deceased has been identified as Chanchal Sharma, a resident of Sector 3 Rohini. "The incident took place around 11 am. She landed on one 28-year-old Sunil Kumar, who works at a Security Service office at shop number 329 of the mall," a senior police officer said.
A call to the police control room (PCR) was made at 11.15 am and on reaching the spot police found both the victims lying on the floor.
The woman was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where she was declared brought dead, while Kumar was rushed to Mata Chanan Devi Hospital where his condition is stated to be critical, but stable. He has received head injuries.
"The deceased's father, Harish Sharma told the police that his daughter was sick and was depressed because of her illness," said the officer adding that the investigators are still trying to probe the case from all angles.